Crosland Moor Airfield

Crosland Moor Airfield
Crosland Moor Airfield
	IATA: none; ICAO: EGND;
Summary
Airport type	Private
Owner	Huddersfield International Airport
Operator	Huddersfield Aviation Ltd.
Serves	Huddersfield
Location	Crosland Moor
Elevation AMSL	825 ft / 251 m
Coordinates	53°37′16″N 001°49′54″W / 53.62111°N 1.83167°W
Website	www.croslandmoor-airfield.co.uk
Map
	EGND Location in West Yorkshire
Runways
	Source: Crosland Moor Airfield

Crosland Moor Airfield (ICAO: EGND) is a small privately owned airfield located 1.5 NM (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) south-west of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, in England. The airfield was established by Sir David Brown who owned a local business and flew a de Havilland Dove,^[2] registration G-ARDH.^[3] It is now run by former professional motorcycle road racer James Whitham.^[4]

Technical information

Runway 07/25 is 750 m (2,461 ft) long, and is part asphalt, part grass. There is a 2.6% slope down runway 07 from the start of the asphalt.
Elevation: 825 ft (251 m)
Radio frequency: Huddersfield Radio 128.375 MHz^[1]

Incidents

6 December 2008 – Piper Cherokee G-BPYO aborted take-off after failing to reach required airspeed due to the pilot inadvertently leaving the carburettor heat on, and overran the runway. One person suffered minor injuries and the aircraft was significantly damaged.^[5]^[6]
1 September 1996 – a WAR Hawker Sea Fury replica, G-BLTG, crashed 250 m (820 ft) south of the runway 07 threshold shortly after take-off killing the 69-year-old pilot, the only person on board.^[7]
May 1988 – a Microlight crashed after misjudging landing when there was a sudden change of wind direction. It landed in a field near the runway, killing the pilot.

Media appearances

The airfield appeared in the Amazon Prime video show The Grand Tour in series 2, episode 9, when a jet engine was tested as part of a successful attempt to break the UK speed record for amphibious vehicles.^[8]^[9]

Gallery

PA-28R (G-IRKB) departing from runway 25

References

^ ^a ^b "North & Scotland frequency reference card" (PDF). Civil Aviation Authority. 28 August 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 April 2009. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
^ "Flight". Flight International. 12 December 1952. Retrieved 25 January 2009.
^ "G-ARDH Register Entry" (PDF). Civil Aviation Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2009.
^ David Himelfield (12 July 2008). "Writer Jamie at the finish line!". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
^ Roy Wright (17 March 2009). "Crosland Moor plane crash due to three errors". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
^ "Piper PA-28-181 Cherokee Archer II, G-BPYO" (PDF). Air Accident Investigation Branch. March 2009.
^ "WAR Hawker Sea Fury Replica, G-BLTG, 1 September 1996" (PDF). Air Accident Investigation Branch.
^ "Jeremy Clarkson's Grand Tour episode filmed in Huddersfield finally released". 2 February 2018.
^ Power, Ed (2 February 2018). "The Grand Tour, episode nine: Amphibious cars, knitwear debate and a touch of magic". The Telegraph.

External links

Media related to Crosland Moor Airfield at Wikimedia Commons
Official site

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[CAAfreqrefchart-1] "North & Scotland frequency reference card" (PDF). Civil Aviation Authority. 28 August 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 April 2009. Retrieved 12 July 2014.

[2] "Flight". Flight International. 12 December 1952. Retrieved 25 January 2009.

[3] "G-ARDH Register Entry" (PDF). Civil Aviation Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2009.

[4] David Himelfield (12 July 2008). "Writer Jamie at the finish line!". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. Retrieved 21 May 2009.

[5] Roy Wright (17 March 2009). "Crosland Moor plane crash due to three errors". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. Retrieved 21 May 2009.

[6] "Piper PA-28-181 Cherokee Archer II, G-BPYO" (PDF). Air Accident Investigation Branch. March 2009.

[7] "WAR Hawker Sea Fury Replica, G-BLTG, 1 September 1996" (PDF). Air Accident Investigation Branch.

[8] "Jeremy Clarkson's Grand Tour episode filmed in Huddersfield finally released". 2 February 2018.

[9] Power, Ed (2 February 2018). "The Grand Tour, episode nine: Amphibious cars, knitwear debate and a touch of magic". The Telegraph.

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